3/12 - Darth Maul is a social climber

He saw Sheldor climbing around the crabitat, and thought he'd say hello.  Sheldor thought Darth Maul's shell was the best decorated shell ever.

Then, Darth Maul was feeling pretty as he admired the fragrant blooms of the nectarine tree.  Spring will do that to you.

7/03 - Fergus attempts work/life balance

First, Fergus balanced a good luck block from Lil' Guy on his head.

Then, he decided my work pen was a good stick for playing fetch.

And then!  Sheldon (yellow shell) came out of his molting lair, looking every bit the zombie hermit crab after two weeks underground.  He drank a bunch of water, chirped to Linda, and back under he went.  Bye, Sheldon!

6/18 - Super Samurai takes necessary precautions

Super Samurai takes safety seriously.

Sheldon and Isabella have some kind of digging project going on.  Look at that!

6/10 - Strange creatures study Dad Alien

They could not decide who was the alien!

Sheldon (yellow shell) is taking climbing lessons from the new crabs.  Go, Sheldon, go!

5/31 - Propeller is stuck (and some happy news)

BART was having problems this morning.  We had to wait 25 minutes for a train, and then they sent us one that was only 4 cars long!  We couldn’t even get on the train.  When we did, about 10 minutes later, it was slow and had to stop a lot of times.  Oh, BART.

Propeller thought some water would be nice on a hot day.  We thought this fountain looked like Propeller’s cousin, water type.

We've got crabs!  Lil' Gal needed a replacement for Herbert (RIP) and Lil' Guy had to have a new crab for parity, so I have adopted Sheldon.  The new crabs are zippy!  And Lil' Gal's (red shell) escaped his cage the very first night.  We may call him (her?) Houdini!

1/09 - Danger's Doppelganger

Someone drew on a sticker and it looks just like Danger!

Hermit Crab Update:  Last night, I gave the hermit crabs some blueberries, carrots and fresh pellets.  Sheldon/Herb at some of the pellets and walked around for a little while with a blueberry stuck on one of his legs like a big bracelet.  Herbert looooooved the blueberries and spent a lot time scooping out and eating one.  They love you guys and can’t wait to see you tomorrow!

1/02 - Francesco likes it spicy (and we get pets!)

Happy New Year!  May lucky 2013 bring you all the happy healthy hopeful you can eat.

Francesco started off the new year with me at work.  He liked that the spice sauce jars at lunch were the national colors of Italy – red and green. (We'll count the table as white, for those of you particular about naming all of the flag colors.  David.)

Who says Segways are only personal transporters for humans?

While I was at work, the twins were at Science Camp, inventing away.  What cute and functional robots they made!

After camp, we hit the pet store, where Lil' Guy and Lil' Gal became the proud new owners of two very fancy hermit crabs, named Sheldon and Herbert.